Responsible Travel

Our Sustainable Pledge
We solemnly swear to:
- Preserve and conserve our natural resources, flora and fauna.
- Reduce our impact on the environment.
- Promote and preserve cultural heritage with respect and responsibility.
- Develop tourism that improves the lives of the people it touches.
- Make Responsible Travel a force for good in the world.

Our CSEC Pledge
It’s our job, as a responsible travel company to inform and educate everyone we can about the risks of exploiting children in the name of tourism. We’re committed to protecting children and adolescents in the places we travel, and fighting sexual exploitation wherever we find it.
To do that, we’ll engage, support and empower local communities to raise awareness about this issue. And you can help. Pledge your support and read our Responsible Travel guidelines for more info on how you, as a traveller, can fight the sexual exploitation of kids.
Support us! Protect Children against the Commercial Sexual Exploitation in Tourism.
Sustainable things we do
Local Communities
Travelling local is better for everyone involved, so wherever we can, we try to eat, stay and travel with local small businesses, not the big tourism chains. We respect our local friends, and pay them fairly for their efforts.
Environment
We support a bunch of environmental campaigns to raise awareness in local schools. Our travellers get a chance to visit these communities on our trips, to give back, donate if they wish, and help out with tree-planting projects.
Cultural Heritage
We do make sure our travellers are educated about local cultures, and respect them at all times. It’s our job as travellers to help preserve and honour these traditions, and we take that responsibility seriously.
Wildlife
We condemn the mistreatment of animals, and ban exploitative tourism practices on our trips (no elephant-riding here). We also condemn the export, import and abuse of endangered species.
Recycling and Waste
It’s no longer enough to say ‘I didn’t know’ when it comes to waste management. We know how plastic can damage the environment, which is why we provide our travellers with cloth sacks for trash and other waste during the trip. Plastic and glass bottles are collected separately and recycled after the Challenge is over. Smokers are encouraged to butt-out properly, and we recycle in our offices back home. Green and proud, baby.
Merchandising?
The event bags we hand our travellers are hand-made with local materials and printed with bio-degradable inks (when possible).
Accommodation
We make sure we source eco-friendly hotels wherever we can, and our campsites are all set up in approved areas.
Printing
We don’t print in the workplace unless it’s absolutely necessary (seriously, our desks are super clean). When we do print, we only use FSC certified recycled paper. This applies to our brochures, business cards and all other bits of collateral.
Water
It’s thirsty work, adventuring. So we encourage our travellers to minimise their use of plastic water bottles wherever they can and bring along re-usable alternatives (or a purification tablet, if that’s your thing).
Tree-planting Program and Environment Campaign
English Activity Room and Facility Improvements
Music and Arts
Responsible Travel Partners

The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society
The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society has operated since 1936, and covers all 25 administrative Districts of Sri Lanka. Their vision is to promote safer, resilient and socially inclusive communities through improving lifestyles and changing mind-sets. And their mission is to reduce risk, build capacity and promote principles and values by mobilizing resources, creating universal access to services through volunteerism and partnership.
Large Minority has supported different SLRCS responsible travel projects since 2009, such as:
- Providing musical instruments for remote schools.
- Donation of school equipment, supplies and bicycles.
- Construction of school classrooms and halls.
- Donation of water filters, wheelchairs, crutches and tricycles for Internal Displaced people from the war.

Land Owners Restore Rainforests
Land Owners Restore Rainforests in Sri Lanka (LORRIS) was established in 2002 by the experts and land owners in Sri Lanka. And, is registered as a Voluntary Social Service/Non Governmental Organisation, in Sri Lanka (Registration No. L.84802). Their mission is “restoring Sri Lanka’s natural ecosystems via creating forest corridors with community participation to connect the existing forests for the conservation of endangered Red Slender Loris (Loris tardigradus) and other primates by linking their habitats, encouraging members to carry out exploration and conservation oriented research activities. To achieve this task LORRIS is working with other organizations with similar aims within the country and globally.
Using the Red Slender Loris as a flagship species LORRIS and Large Minority have initiated several conservation and development programmes such as:
- School fruit garden development programme (since 2004) – funded by the LARGE minority/Lanka Challenge.
- Improvement of English activity room and library facility (since 2009) – funded by the LARGE minority/Lanka Challenge.
- School environmental programme and environmental field trips (since 2004) – LARGE minority/Lanka Challenge.

Travelers Against Plastic Campaign
The Travelers Against Plastic Campaign is an outreach initiative which aims to educate global travelers about the harmful impacts of plastic water bottles usage and encourage travelers to be prepared to clean their own drinking water. Grounded in the ethics of responsible travel, the TAP campaign aims to educate global travelers about the harmful impacts of plastic water bottle usage and encourage travelers to be prepared to clean their own drinking water.

Seeturtles.Org
At Large Minority, we are deeply committed to promoting responsible travel and supporting initiatives that protect our planet.
We are proud to renew our sponsorship of SEE Turtles. This organization is doing incredible work to end the trade in tortoiseshell products, safeguarding our oceans and marine life, including the beautiful sea turtles.Their tireless efforts not only protect our environment but also inspire and educate travelers and tourism companies to adopt more eco-friendly practices.
By choosing our expertly run self-drive Tuk-Tuk Adventures, you are joining us in supporting these crucial initiatives. Together, we can make travel more sustainable and ensure that future generations can enjoy pristine natural environments.